Australia Women vs India Women: Start Of Tour Delayed By Two Days, Says Report

India Ladies’s upcoming tour of Australia will now be staged in Queensland and the opening match of the sequence is about to be delayed by two days – from September 19 to 21. The upcoming tour of Australia will comprise three ODIs, one day-night Take a look at match, and three T20Is. Based on a report in ESPNcricinfo, the opening ODI was initially scheduled to be performed on the Sydney Oval however will now be performed in Mackay because of the COVID-19 enforced restrictions. As per the report, the lockdowns round Australia have resulted within the change of schedules and every little thing is pending for the ultimate inexperienced gentle from the Queensland state authorities upon the Indian ladies’s workforce arrival.

The ladies’s workforce will depart for Australia from Bengaluru on Sunday after which your entire squad will spend two weeks of obligatory quarantine.

Speaking concerning the workforce’s preparation for the Take a look at, head coach Ramesh Powar on Saturday stated: “I feel we have to perceive we’re going to play ODIs first. World Cup [in February-March next year] is a vital event for us and we’re specializing in that. Should you see solely the one-off Take a look at, we won’t go in with a mindset of getting ready for that.

“I feel it’s about taking the one-day confidence into Take a look at. Within the final sequence, the way in which we got here again, with out our stars getting their rhythm, I am assured that we do not have to arrange individually for the pink-ball Take a look at. We again our gamers within the format, and they’re adequate to react to the scenario,” he added.

Promoted

Earlier on Tuesday, the All-India Senior Ladies’s Choice Committee picked the squads for India Ladies’s upcoming tour.

Sneh Rana, who gave spirited performances towards England within the multi-format sequence earlier this yr, has discovered a spot in all three squads.